Six Fayetteville-Manlius students and one 2007 graduate now attending Syracuse University were arraigned today on charges related to tampering with high school computers and altering grades this year and last year.

Four of the F-M students and the SU student were charged with five or more felonies. Two F-M students were charged with a misdemeanor. An eighth person, an F-M graduate now attending Johns Hopkins University, is expected to be arraigned Saturday on a misdemeanor related to the case.

For the first two teen-age boys arraigned, the prosecutor requested $15,000 cash or $30,000 bond. However, their attorneys successfully lobbied the judge for releasing the teens on their own recognizance.

In addition to the computer tampering, investigators have uncovered information in regard to cheating on Advanced Placement examinations, SATs and other tests. That information is being turned over to F-M district officials for their action.

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